[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/HgZT6UJocRs"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Such beautiful words, and animator/illustrator Leo G Franchi offers such a thoughtful interpretation. The sound design and music don't try to do too much and everything comes together so cohesively in “How to Belong Be Alone” by Pádraig Ó Tuama, a part of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/PMivT7MJ41M"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Director Jonathan Lia is such an interesting tale. At a younger age he was interested in filmmaking and cut his teeth at a production company that largely did commercial work. He moved amongst the different film departments, and found himself learning more of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/105149174"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you've ever met Joe Bennett, you might observe quickly.. that he is tall, quirky. often smiling, and kind. He's also an incredible animator, therefore it makes perfect sense that he would make his grandfather an animated card for his 86th birthday hysterically interpreting...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/321169750"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was puzzling over what I was seeing (but loving it ofc) until I noticed somewhere that apparently Takoyaki means "Octopus Balls." Suddenly all was made clear! Tokoyo/New York based Illustrator/Animator Sawako Kabuki took this to the place it obviously wanted to go. I...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/84763962"][vc_column_text].[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of my favorite .. genres? i don't even know if its considered a genre or just "an awesome approach that someone can decide to take" is using a real story or interview, with a real person telling it, and animating whatever comes to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/425216489"][vc_column_text]I love videos that leave you with feelings, impressions, and ideas, as opposed to always taking you down the linear path of a story. I have a lot of respect for the writers and directors (often the same person) of these pieces, taking such...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/310781983"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This feels like a soundscape-y version of what Jackson Pollack might have made if his tools were maybe aftereffects and a wacomm instead of paint and canvas. I don't really know WHAT this is, but i really like it. I like the balance, the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0ImPft3Rw"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This is the opening title sequence for the 1991 - 1992 animated TV series of 39 x 30 minute episodes which was co-produced by France and Canada. The series used traditional animation techniques and adhered closely to the original books, going so far as...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rIBbhymIzw"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]There is so much good work coming from the National Film Board of Canada, i admire it so. This is one of my favorite shorts ever. I love everything about it, its two quirky Alberta-loving Directors, I love the look of it achieved by...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/91436902"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This is Director Bruce Alcock's take on Canadian poet Al Purdy's poem "At The Quinte Hotel", which tells the story of a man's experience at the bar. The video is experimental, playful and imaginative. Say its creators of the process used to make this:...